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Historical Event on 6/16/1946
C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 2/2/1978 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
| 6/26/1997 | India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| 10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 4/21/1975 | Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation. |
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